so much

a lot has happened since the last post.
a family triathlon at seafair in which i was talking to a woman in the transition area who was telling me how a friend of hers said ironmans were like childbirth and had to say - yes! that is exaclty what i posted about the other day.
a trip to san diego to see jen in which the beach was so cold that we sat in the car and looked at it instead of sitting on it. we were planing on a detox cleansing thing but wound up gettting too drunk the night i got in and we decided it would be unsafe to detox all hung over. we spent most of the weekend at the outlet mall which was way fun and even funnier is that we both showed up at the cash register with the same exact outfits in our arms.
a 1st place, yes i said 1st place finish in my age group 5k run and pr at the torch light run. 60 people in my age group, unbeleiveable!!
a trip to nyc which was scary and fun and exciting all at the same time. i got to meet liz which was loooooong over due and i am so excited to have gotten the opportunity! and i got to see dug, too, which is always a treat! and i disovered what might just be a cult, The American Girl Place. I got one of the dolls for Seamus and i can't wait to visit one of the stores with her some day so we can get the doll's hair done.
and i got a hair cut. my curl is mostly gone and my last hair in march was terrible. i hadn't had what i would call a bad hair day in probably years but boy after that cut i had one almost every day. i hadn't gone to the fabulous team of richard and james dean downtown, but instead opted for a random person in redmond who trnaslated i want something young and hip into lame soccer mom. lo and behold - james dean saved the day! he is my hero. i was trying to take some photos of my sweet new dooo and this one came out of the camera. i love it. click on it and check out the eyes. no photo shopping that one, looking like a cyborg.